Head to head
Broker comparisons
We only write a head-to-head where the pair is genuinely close or genuinely opposite. Each page names the two or three facts that actually decide between them, rather than restating the table.
Interactive Brokers vs Fidelity
A side-by-side comparison built from both firms' published fee schedules and their FINRA entity records. Breadth of market access against breadth of account types.
CRD 36418 vs CRD 7784
Fidelity vs Charles Schwab
Two of the strongest scores in our ranking, compared on published fee schedules, account-type coverage and legal entity records.
CRD 7784 vs CRD 5393
Robinhood vs Webull
Both charge nothing to trade stocks. They differ on options pricing, exit fees, account types and — most sharply — enforcement record.
CRD 165998 vs CRD 289063
eToro vs Interactive Brokers
A comparison of the narrowest and the widest product ranges in our database, with published fees and entity records for both.
CRD 298361 vs CRD 36418
Charles Schwab vs Vanguard
Both firms hold registration records stretching back decades. Compared on published fee schedules, account-type coverage and FINRA entity records.
CRD 5393 vs CRD 7452
Fidelity vs Vanguard
Two firms with decades-long registration records, compared on published fee schedules, account wrappers and what each charges you to leave.
CRD 7784 vs CRD 7452
Robinhood vs Fidelity
A comparison of published fee schedules, account types and FINRA enforcement records — including the two 2025 settlements on one side of it.
CRD 165998 vs CRD 7784
Webull vs eToro
Two app-first brokers with the shortest US registration records we recorded, compared on published fees, account types and entity data.
CRD 289063 vs CRD 298361
What actually differs between US brokers
Stock commissions went to zero almost everywhere, so a comparison built on them separates nothing. These are the dimensions where the published figures still differ, taken from the firms’ own schedules and recomputed whenever the data changes.
- Options, per contract$0.00 – $1.00
Webull at the low end, tastytrade at the high end. Across 12 brokers.
- Margin interest4.13% – 11.825%
What a retail-sized loan costs, which is the dearest tier at almost every firm. Interactive Brokers is cheapest to borrow from, Charles Schwab dearest, across 8 published rate cards.
- Cost to transfer out$0 – $125
Fidelity charges nothing to let you leave; TradeStation charges the most. Transfers in are free everywhere.
- Account types offered1 – 12
Fidelity publishes the widest lineup; eToro (US) the narrowest. A broker that cannot open the account you need is not cheap, it is unusable.
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